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Forbes: Media Everywhere … So What?

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Media Everywhere – So What? I recently presented at a leadership conference which sought to get a glimpse of the future by examining today’s trends. The following are excerpts from that presentation which looked […]

Seven Small Caribbean Islands You Should Visit This Summer

There are small Caribbean islands and there are small Caribbean islands. The latter are the places with that extra degree of tranquility (for a region that has some of the most tranquil places in the world as it is). They […]

11 Caribbean Baseball Players to Watch in the 2014 Season

Above: Robinson Cano By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean seems to be taking over the baseball world. From David Ortiz’s postseason heroics to the rookie-season surge of Yasiel Puig, the region continues its rise as perhaps the single-greatest source […]

Talking Puerto Rico Tourism With PRHTA President and CEO Clarisa Jimenez

Above: PRHTA President and CEO Clarisa Jimenez at the San Juan Marriott (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell SAN JUAN — What’s next for tourism in Puerto Rico? Armed with a new marketing campaign positioning the destination as the “All Star […]

Is This the Caribbean’s Most Revolutionary Real Estate Design?

Above: a rendering of Honeycomb (Photos: Bjarke Ingels Group) By the Caribbean Journal staff The project is called “Honeycomb,” and it doesn’t really look like anything else in the Caribbean. Honeycomb, a group of luxury residences, is part of an […]

British Virgin Islands Skier Qualifies for Sochi Winter Olympics

Above: Peter “Adam” Crook By Alexander Britell Is it getting a little sunnier in Sochi? The Jamaican bobsled team now has some Caribbean company: for the first time in more than three decades, the British Virgin Islands has a Winter […]

Spence: A New Way of Eating For 2014

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor Happy New Year to all. The beginning of a new year always summons up ideas about health and wealth, reflection on the past and setting ambitious resolutions for the year ahead. Like many people, I […]

The Best Caribbean Nightlife Destinations

The sun has set, dinner’s over and the clock strikes 10 o’clock. In much of the Caribbean, that likely means it’s time for a quiet drink or simply time for bed. In some parts of the Caribbean, though, the night […]

Investing in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor THERE IS nothing more important to Haiti at this moment than new investments and modernization of the business sector. However, talking about investing in Haiti is not the same thing as having direct investment in […]

St Vincent’s Gonsalves Urges UN to Apologize For Bringing Cholera to Haiti

Above: St Vincent and the Grenadines PM Dr Ralph Gonsalves (UN Photo/Ryan Brown) By the Caribbean Journal staff The UN needs to apologize for its role in bringing cholera to Haiti in 2010, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister […]

Jamaica Concludes Trade Mission to Dominican Republic

Above: JAMPRO President Diane Edwards (centre), Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Paul Robotham and LASCO Group CEO Lascelles Chin (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Representatives from the Jamaica Promotions Corporation recently concluded its first-ever […]

10 Great Marinas in the Bahamas

IMAGINE this scenario: your long-lost uncle has passed away and left you a yacht and 3 million dollars! But the will states you must cruise the Caribbean for at least 2-years…think about it! Where do you start? Which way to […]

Interview With Howard Spittle, GM of Tobago’s Magdalena Grand Resort

Above: the Magdalena Grand Resort in Tobago By Alexander Britell Just near the southernmost end of the Caribbean island chain, Tobago has long been something of a secret destination for travelers to the Caribbean. While much of the region sources […]

The Top 10 Affordable Caribbean Hotels

The Caribbean is beautiful, but it’s not always budget-friendly. But, especially during the summer season, there are some true hotel bargains in the region, if you know where to look. Of course, we’ve done the work for you — putting […]

CJ Pick: St Kitts’ Ballahoo Restaurant

Above: the view from Ballahoo (CJ Photo) THERE’S NO BETTER PLACE to watch the bustle of St Kitts’ capital, Basseterre, than the Ballahoo Restaurant. The eatery, which was founded in 1982, one year before St Kitts and Nevis became an […]

Op-Ed: The Y Youth – A Personal Reflection on Cuban Blogs

By Ylena Zamora-Vargas Op-Ed Contributor THEY PREFER speaking English to Spanish, they feel as American as a McDonald’s Big Mac, and they are tired of the insistent preoccupation their parents’ generation has with the current regime. But when second-generation, third-generation, […]

Op-Ed: Why Jeffrey Sachs is Wrong on the Cayman Islands

By Gonzalo Jalles Op-Ed Contributor COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S finest, Professor Jeffrey D Sachs, has exploded into print for the second time in a week with yet another withering condemnation of The Cayman Islands. His preferred medium is, once again, the London-based […]

Haiti, FIFA to Establish Task Force on Football Development

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and FIFA President By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government and FIFA have agreed to establish a task force to promote the development of football in the Caribbean country. The move was announced by FIFA […]

Interview With Seaborne Airlines CEO Omer ErSelcuk

Above: a Seaborne plane By Alexander Britell With the departure of American Eagle from the Caribbean, the region’s aviation industry continues to change. But while many predicted doom, airlines large and small, from Cape Air to JetBlue, are working to […]

Op-Ed: China and the Caribbean

By Erik Neff Op-Ed Contributor IT HAS BEEN NO SECRET that China has taken a strategic economic interest in the Caribbean region. China’s intention to expand its financial influence has been crystal clear — it is seeking new political alliances […]

From Curaçao to Cuba, 10 Caribbean Baseball Players to Watch in 2013

Above: Andrelton Simmons The Caribbean’s supreme baseball talent was on full display last month at the World Baseball Classic, when the global tournament’s final game pitted two Caribbean teams against each other: Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. And while […]

Cyprus and Jamaica

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor PROBABLY THE MOST senseless decision I have ever seen in my lifetime, was the decision by the Cyprus government and European Union to impose a levy of up to ten per cent on bank deposits. […]

CHTA President Richard Doumeng Talks Caribbean Travel

Above: the Bolongo Bay Resort in St Thomas By Alexander Britell On Thursday, the long-awaited redesign of caribbeantravel.com officially launched. The new site, viewed as a new kind of portal for the Caribbean travel market, comes as the region faces […]

Durandis: The Media, the United Nations and Leadership in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor The lack of excellent leadership in Haiti over the years is the primary reason why the United Nations is in Haiti. It was after the removal of a democratically-elected government in 2004 and at the […]

Developing Tourism in Haiti: An Interview With Minister Stephanie Villedrouin

Above: Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell In June 2012, Caribbean Journal spoke to Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin about her plans to grow Haiti’s largely undeveloped tourism sector into something far bigger. At the time, […]

Durandis: Haiti’s Uphill Battle

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor THE BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR usually brings with it new hope. A country like Haiti, that has been trying very hard to change its image in the international media, simply cannot seem to get […]

Jamaica Looks to Singapore, Dubai as Models for Global Logistics Hub

Above: Jamaica Chamber of Commerce President Francis Kennedy and Jamaica Industry Minister Anthony Hylton (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has big expectations for its plan to develop Kingston into a global logistics hub, according to Industry Minister […]

Nigel Spence: Making the Trip to Jamaica’s Hellshire Beach

Above: Hellshire Beach By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor Firstly, I want to send love and good vibes to my fellow New Yorkers and all those who suffered greatly especially in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and […]

Atlantis Paradise Island Is Bringing Barbie to The Bahamas